Behaviour of Prototype design in below code

while I am learning Prototype design online, I got a code but it looks error from my side, can someone please check and confirm it

class Stooge {
public:
 virtual Stooge* clone() = 0;
 virtual void slap_stick() = 0;
};

class Curly : public Stooge {
public:
Stooge*   clone() { return new Curly; }
void slap_stick() {
  cout << "Curly: suffer abuse\n"; }
};

Stooge* Factory::s_prototypes[] = {
0, new Larry, new Moe, new Curly
};
Stooge* Factory::make_stooge( int choice = 3 ) {
return s_prototypes[choice]->clone();
}

"make_stooge" in Factor creates two object or not? because

s_prototypes[choice] returns one object and s_prototypes[choice]->clone() again returns another object.